For each of the intervals between sputum collections, a kill index (KI) was calculated as the decrease in the count of colony forming units (cfu) per day between the counts at the two time points indicated in parenthesis, without using counts at intermediate time points.
Mammal and bird road-kill indices were consistently higher on a low volume parkway than on the high-speed, high volume Trans-Canada highway (TCH).
If the proteotoxic crisis hypothesis is correct, it should be possible to identify cancer types and treatment regimes for which there is a favorable therapeutic index for killing tumor cells with mutation-riddled genomes while sparing normal cells.
Most of the world's population lives in countries where a high body mass index kills more people than a low one (World Health Organization Fact Sheets: Obesity and Overweight, 2016).
The Merrill team examined macro influences like the money supply and likely economic growth, and also the Consumer Price Index, since deflation kills producers' pricing power and crimps operating income.
This enabled mathematical assessment of synergistic versus additive cell killing using the CompuSyn software to calculate Combination Index (CI) values.
This is extremely interesting considering that 17Naph-mF, with a better selectivity index, is also more efficient in killing MRSA than 17mF-Naph (Supplementary Figure 1).
In a human whole-blood killing assay, the LH/HC phenotypic variant showed a higher survival index than the HH/LC variant at 2 different inocula (p = 0.03).
OPKA: Opsonophagocytic killing assay; PCV7: 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; IPD: Invasive pneumococcal disease; OI: Opsonic index; GMI: Geometric mean opsonic index; PS: Polysaccharide.
In order to estimate proliferative indices within the lesions, all rats were administered bromodeoxyuridine before killing.
